Gallery: Mandatory baby and kid photo-ops

Bryanna Bradley, Montreal Gazette04.24.2011

NDP leader Jack Layton grabs the hand of his granddaughter Beatrice while exiting the stage following his speech at a NDP rally held at Theatre L'Olympia De Montreal in Montreal on Saturday, April 23, 2011.

Bryanna Bradley
/ Montreal Gazette

Delores McConachie (L) holds up Jesse Bomford, 2, so he can meet NDP leader Jack Layton (R) at the campaign office in Prince George, BC April 6, 2011. Over a hundred supporters gathered for a brief meeting Layton in the morning before he travelled on to Cranbrook B.C.David Mah
/ For Postmedia News

NDP leader, Jack Layton, speak at a campaign rally at Esquimalt High school in Victoria, B.C. April 7, 2011.Lyle Stafford
/ Victoria Times Colonist

NDP leader Jack Layton gets a high five from a young supporter during a rally in London, Ontario, April 4, 2011.Geoff Robins
/ Postmedia News

Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe holds grandson Luca Furoy with his wife, Yolande Brunelle, by his side at a rally in Montreal. “Poor Larry,” Duceppe said Tuesday, responding to Larry Smith’s comments on the French language.John Kenney
/ THE GAZETTE

Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits and talks to the media at the Wellburn home in Saanich. Fiona Wellburn plays to the left of Harper. (March 28, 2011)Adrian Lam
/ timescolonist.com

Prime Minister Stephen Harper focused on issues that would appeal to families on his campaign tour to Greater Victoria on March 28, 2011.Adrian Lam
/ timescolonist.com

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, on the third day of his national campaign tour, visits the Wellburn home in Saanich, B.C., March 28, 2011Adrian Lam
/ timescolonist.com

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff holds eight-month-old Abizaveh as his mother, Noel Sorvera, looks on during a stop at a coffee shop in Montreal early Sunday. Ignatieff was on the attack Sunday against Stephen Harper, Gilles Duceppe and Jack Layton.Peter McCabe
/ Montreal Gazette

Batool Saleh (left/7-years-old) makes eye contact with Prime Minister Stephen Harper while he reads a book to a Grade 2 class at Kensington School in Edmonton on Oct. 8, 2010.Larry Wong
/ edmontonjournal.com

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